62 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his proposals to work with his northern counterpart to increase all-Ireland justice and crime initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6796/12]
211 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence about the policy of paying Border duty allowance to members of the Defence Forces; the number of members who will be allowed to retain this allowance once transferred from Cavan to Athlone and the rationale behind this; the reason members transferring from Cavan to Dublin will not be allowed to retain this allowance when others will; if he intends to compensate those members incurring large travel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim receives a letter from him stating the updated position on their residency status here as a matter of urgency in order that they may in turn provide this to the Department of Education and Skills in order to continue with their third level studies.
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31 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the Knocknaheeny regeneration project, Cork; and the steps being taken to ensure its is completed within this timeframe.
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26 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in respect of local authority mortgages, the progress made on measures to deal with the issues relating to distressed housing loans.
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140 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the interpretation of “endowment” in the context of the immigrant investor scheme includes a gift to sporting, cultural, health or educational organisations; the level of endowment required to participate in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria that will be applied for the sale of the National Asset Management Agency properties to participants in the immigrant investor programme.
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138 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether his new immigrant investor visa scheme will allow persons to enter the State and remain here as a result of purchasing National Asset Management Agency properties without creating any employment.
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590 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the report of the UNAIDS advisory group on HIV and sex work, published in December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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513 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence if he will ensure that in future the text of all motions and memorandums are available to members of Dáil Éireann before motions on them are taken.
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512 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence the date on which he will lay the text of the memorandum of understanding regarding the Austro-German battlegroup 2012 before Dáil Éireann; the reason this was not laid before the motion to refer the memorandum to committee without debate was taken in Dáil Éireann 24 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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506 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met the Department for Children and Youth Affairs on the issue of introducing adoption rights for gay couples to allow them to both be adoptive parents of a child; if he will introduce legislation on same as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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486 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the report of the UNAIDS advisory group on HIV and sex work, published in December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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478 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the name of each statutory instrument he has signed or introduced since taking office.
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364 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that impending changes to the qualification criteria of annual PRSI contribution bands for the contributory State pension will mean less money for some pensioners who become eligible from September 2012; if she conducted an equality impact assessment before introducing same; if she will provide clarity in long-term plans for pensioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the full extent to which he expects to utilise the area of the arts and heritage to contribute to job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Jonathan O’Brien den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis a insint dúinn cén uair a líonfar na folúntais in Údarás na Gaeltachta don Phríomhfheidhmeannach agus do na bainisteoirí réigiúnacha.
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181 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mandatory sentences passed by the courts during each of the past five years.
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180 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life sentences handed down by the courts during each of the past five years.
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179 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of weapons which have been confiscated from prisoners in each of the prisons throughout the State during the past three years.
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178 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times and the details of contraband items which have been thrown over the walls of or smuggled into each of the prisons in the State during the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine the possibility of gardaí working with local authorities to conduct women’s safety audits of all city districts, towns and villages.
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175 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if will consider introducing court-supervised individual support orders and parenting support orders in this jurisdiction.
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174 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ring-fence criminal assets bureau-confiscated money for a community development fund.
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172 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of any interdepartmental work co-ordinating crime prevention or offender rehabilitation initiatives and funding details of same.
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171 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to work with his Northern counterpart to ensure that crime statistics are collected and collated on an all-Ireland basis as well as on division basis, in order to provide more meaningful data regarding local and national patterns.
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170 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish an Irish crime council in order to provide independent expertise, research and advice to the Government and relevant bodies on international best practice on crime prevention.
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169 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda escorts for transporting commercial explosives that have been provided during each of the past seven years; and the cost of providing same.
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168 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the charges to sporting bodies for Garda crowd control and public order services for sporting events; the amount paid by each body for these services during each of the past five years, and details of the events covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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167 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the expected cost of electronically tagging prisoners on release from prison.
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165 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money paid to firearms instructors for Garda training during each of the past ten years.
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164 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of firearms training provided for gardaí; the number of gardaí who have undertaken this training during each of the past seven years; the number of gardaí licensed to hold firearms; the number of gardaí who have received training in total; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money spent each year for the past ten years on firearms and weapons for the Garda; maintaining firearms; and providing training for Gardaí on use of these items.
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162 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who hold the rank of detective; and their location based on division.
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42 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific initiatives that he has implemented and planned to create jobs amongst the sectors most hit by the recession, in respect of former self-employed citizens, low skilled citizens and citizens under the age of 25 years.
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25 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount invested in job creation by the State in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
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614 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the way he intends to fund long-term care for older persons within his plans for universal health care as contained within the programme for Government.
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613 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the schedule for the review of the nursing homes support scheme in 2012; the way civil society may engage with the review and provide feedback on its experiences with the scheme; and the factors which he intends to review.
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600 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the way he will ensure the continuation of the service provided by dial to stop drug dealing within his proposed plans to change it.
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584 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the countries which are open, closed or under review for the purposes of intercountry adoption.
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583 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if section 73 of the Adoption Act has ever been utilised to allow the Adoption Authority, with her consent and having regard to the principles of the Hague Convention, to enter discussions with a non-contracting state to the convention for the purposes of entering a bilateral agreement with that state.
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582 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to authorise the Adoption Authority to commence negotiations with the Ethiopian authorities regarding the prospect of establishing a bilateral adoption agreement.
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578 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the bilateral adoption agreements that Ireland holds with other states; and the dates on which they will lapse.
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577 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of bilateral adoption agreements Ireland has with other states; and the names of those states.
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573 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have slept in Garda stations during the past two years due to lack of access to out-of-hours social services; the number of nights they spent in Garda stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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520 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of any member of An Garda Siochána who has been charged or convicted of making false statements or perjury in carrying out their duties as a garda; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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